When the discovery stops, the joy and wonder die
Giselle Hudson
Helping businesses translate complexity into clarity, fix misalignment, and realign teams to unlock sustainable growth.
Some of you might know him as ‘Dr. Iggy Frome’, from New Amsterdam where he played attending child psychologist but he began his professional acting career before he even made it to high school. Acting is his craft, his expertise as it were and in a Success Magazine 2019 interview, Tyler Labine shared that in 10 years he hoped to be still learning and discovering things about his craft, and himself as a creative entity. He hoped to achieve this by constantly challenging himself – acting, writing, making music and even drawing.
I remember having a discussion with a colleague with regard to calling himself an expert. He shied away from the term because he saw the label as confining with no growth. Much like how we may have viewed passing an exam or getting a degree. The work is now done, I am now an ‘X professional’…I have arrived.
The Oxford dictionary shares this definition:
expert /??ksp??t/ – a person who is very knowledgeable about or?skillful?in a particular area. e.g. “an expert in healthcare”
The thing about an area of expertise, is that it is continuously evolving. Take the dictionary’s example of healthcare. This is an?industry that is constantly evolving, driven by advances in technology, changing demographics, and shifting patient needs. So whether you specialize in a service or around a particular issue, you too need to evolve.
Not everything you knew 10 years ago is going to be relevant today. And some things that you know today, will become irrelevant in 10 years.
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Which is why I love Tyler’s quote:
When the discovery stops, the joy and wonder die.
Don’t let that joy and wonder die for you by failing to continue to discover and evolve within your own area of expertise.
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